Commuters face more disruption

London Underground services were severely disrupted because of today's drama, with more stations closed and others evacuated by security scares.

The Victoria and Northern lines, two of the busiest on the system, were suspended following the shooting of a man by police at Stockwell Tube station.

No services ran between Victoria and Brixton on the Victoria line and between Kennington and Morden on the Northern line after the suspension at 10.42am.

Services later resumed on the Victoria line, but Tubes were not stopping at Stockwell Station, which remained closed at lunchtime.

Services on the Northern Line remained suspended at lunchtime.

Vauxhall station and the nearby bus interchange closed for a time this morning but later reopened.

A series of security scares disrupted services on the underground, including two incidents at Kennington.

In one, passengers contacted police about a man with a rucksack seen walking between carriages.

He was interviewed by police but not detained. Minutes later there was another scare at the same station after passengers reported a suspicious package on a Tube.

Some Tube stations remained closed after the Tube and bus bombings of two weeks ago, which continued to cause disruption.

Hundreds of thousands of workers faced another difficult journey home this evening because of the fresh travel problems on the Tube, which is used by around three million people every day.

Meanwhile, Midland Mainline train services were running normally today following disruption yesterday because of a suspicious package near St Albans train station.

The train operator said passengers unable to travel yesterday could use their train ticket to travel today, or claim a refund on their ticket.